Racism, Hate Crimes, Discrimination, and Oppression, are concepts that are interconnected in one way or another considering that they all involve the issues of human beings being deprived of the chance to enjoy their rights.

In today's world for adolescents, there is intense pressure to always feel like you belong. I think the irony of this is that everyone goes through grand gestures to fit in, when in fact, together we are all alone.

Human nature resides in our flaws. Alan Greenspan once said, "...It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not...no one has ever eliminated that stuff." It is defined as, "the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioral traits of humankind, regarded as shared by all humans."